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Orpha Burrous

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Orpha Burrous

Birth
Illinois, USA
Death
7 Mar 1904 (aged 20)
Riverside County, California, USA
Burial
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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DAILY REVIEW 3/7/1904

D. BRINTLINGR THIS MORNING RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM MRS. H. A. BURROUS AT EISINORE, CAL. ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER, MISS ORPHA BURROUS, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY LUNG TROUBLE. MISS BURROUS WENT TO CALIFORNIA A YEAR AGO AND HER HEALTH WAS GREATLY IMPROVED AND A FEW MONTHS AGO SHE CAME BACK HOME. SHE GREW WORSE HERE AND RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA, VISITING WITH HER BROTHER, FRANK AT LONG BEACH. SHE CONTINUED TO GROW WORSE AND A MONTH AGO HER MOTHER AN A YOUNGER SISTER WENT TO CALIFORNIA TO BE WITH HER. A WEEK AGO SHE WAS TAKEN UP INTO THE MOUNTANS BUT THE CHANGE DID NO GOOD.
SHE WAS ABOUT 21 YEARS OLD AND A BRIGHT, LOVEABLE YOUNG LADY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF H. A. BURROUS WHO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO NEAR HERVEY CITY. THE FAMILY HAS LIVED ON W MACON STREET FOR OVER A YEAR. SHE LEAVES A MOTHER, ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS.
THE BODY WILL BE BROUGHT TO DECATUR FOR BURIAL, ARRIVING POSSIBLY THE LAST OF THE WEEK.

DECATUR HERALD 3/15/1904

THE BODY OF MISS ORPHA, BURRROUS WHO DIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST MONDAY WAS BROUGHT TO DECATUR SATURDAY AND TAKEN TO THE HOME OF THE YOUNG LADYS MOTHER, MR. H. A. BURROUS ON W MACON STREET. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT 3:30 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY REV. BANKSON OF BLUE MOUND. THE BURIAL WILL BE AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY.
DAILY REVIEW 3/7/1904

D. BRINTLINGR THIS MORNING RECEIVED A TELEGRAM FROM MRS. H. A. BURROUS AT EISINORE, CAL. ANNOUNCING THE DEATH OF HER DAUGHTER, MISS ORPHA BURROUS, WHICH WAS CAUSED BY LUNG TROUBLE. MISS BURROUS WENT TO CALIFORNIA A YEAR AGO AND HER HEALTH WAS GREATLY IMPROVED AND A FEW MONTHS AGO SHE CAME BACK HOME. SHE GREW WORSE HERE AND RETURNED TO CALIFORNIA, VISITING WITH HER BROTHER, FRANK AT LONG BEACH. SHE CONTINUED TO GROW WORSE AND A MONTH AGO HER MOTHER AN A YOUNGER SISTER WENT TO CALIFORNIA TO BE WITH HER. A WEEK AGO SHE WAS TAKEN UP INTO THE MOUNTANS BUT THE CHANGE DID NO GOOD.
SHE WAS ABOUT 21 YEARS OLD AND A BRIGHT, LOVEABLE YOUNG LADY. SHE WAS A DAUGHTER OF H. A. BURROUS WHO DIED A FEW YEARS AGO NEAR HERVEY CITY. THE FAMILY HAS LIVED ON W MACON STREET FOR OVER A YEAR. SHE LEAVES A MOTHER, ONE BROTHER AND TWO SISTERS.
THE BODY WILL BE BROUGHT TO DECATUR FOR BURIAL, ARRIVING POSSIBLY THE LAST OF THE WEEK.

DECATUR HERALD 3/15/1904

THE BODY OF MISS ORPHA, BURRROUS WHO DIED IN CALIFORNIA LAST MONDAY WAS BROUGHT TO DECATUR SATURDAY AND TAKEN TO THE HOME OF THE YOUNG LADYS MOTHER, MR. H. A. BURROUS ON W MACON STREET. THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD AT 3:30 OCLOCK THIS AFTERNOON AND THE SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED BY REV. BANKSON OF BLUE MOUND. THE BURIAL WILL BE AT GREENWOOD CEMETERY.

Gravesite Details

Not sure if there is a stone. Found no record of it in the list of people buried in greenwood.



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